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  • Morgan grew up in the Bronx and the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant (which he calls Ghetto, USA), and says that even as a child he knew he wanted a better life.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • Morgan grew up in the Bronx and the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant (which he calls Ghetto, USA), and says that even as a child he knew he wanted a better life.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • Then they could somehow find themselves dressed in 'Ghetto' clothes trying to act like homeboys, maybe the mum will even say something hilarious like "talk to the hand sister" or "you don't know me".

    Witwicky Parents Return for Transformers 3 | /Film 2010

  • People in America actually use the word Ghetto in reference to people, and thats not the original word.

    The Karate Kid Remake Officially Retitled The Kung-Fu Kid, Begins Filming | /Film 2009

  • So when we use the word Ghetto or Trash lets think and look in the mirror and see if what you see is YOU!

    Is Steven Reece Jr A Sexual Offender? Nathaniel Livingston 2005

  • To make matters worse, the men of the Ghetto are the men who are left -- a deteriorated stock, left to undergo still further deterioration.

    THE GHETTO 2010

  • Hed recently moved back to Chicago after living for two years in Oakland, California, where he prepared underground dinners with a wandering supper club called the Ghetto Gourmet.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • Hed recently moved back to Chicago after living for two years in Oakland, California, where he prepared underground dinners with a wandering supper club called the Ghetto Gourmet.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • Rails Is A Ghetto is a potentially explosive rant from the Mongrel a Ruby/Rails webserver developer, slamming a lot of the rails people out there.

    Rails Rant from Mongrel Developer - UFies.org 2008

  • Rails Is A Ghetto is a potentially explosive rant from the Mongrel a Ruby/Rails webserver developer, slamming a lot of the rails people out there.

    UFies.org: January 2008 Archives 2008

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